Day 6
MJT
Murakami’s winning mark (83.15, personal best) is the second longest throw in the Asian Games.
JPN won both men and women’s JT, fifth time (1982, 1970, 1962, 1951) they have done so.
CHN also accomplished this feat in 1978
The best mark for place were set for 3rd (79.65 replacing 78.24 by Voynov from 2002), 4th (78.51 replacing 78.27 by Park
from 2002) and 5th (77.17 replacing 76.91 by Chu from 2002)
WHJ
Radzivil’s winning jump of 1.95 is the Asian Game’s record replacing 1.94 by Sato from 1990
UZB won gold and silver. Previously JPN won gold and silver in 1970 and 1951.
The best marks for places were set for 2nd (1.93 replacing 1.91 by Yefimenko and Xingjuan from 2006), 3rd (1.90 replacing
1.89 by Kim Hee-Sun from 1986) and 5th (1.87 replacing 1.84 by Imai from 1998)
MTJ
Li Yanxi became the first to defend the title successfully in this event in the Asian Games.
CHN won gold and bronze, third time they won multiple medals at this event in the Asian Games.
Best marks for place were set for 4th (16.76 replacing 16.54 by Maheswary from 2006) and 5th (16.56 replacing 16.42 by
Hazzory from 2006)
W5000m
Gebregeiorges won first medal of any kind for BRN in this event at the Asian Games
IND won silver and bronze. Previously JPN won silver and bronze in this event in 2002.
The best marks for places were set for 3rd (15:16.54 replacing 15:32.61 by Ichikawa from 2002), 4th (15:20.01 replacing
15:45.43 by Al Nadia from 2006) and 5th (15:25.08 replacing 15:49.91 by Maggie Chan from 2002)
The runner from BRN won both men’s and women’s 5000m, first to do so in the Asian Games.
M10000m
Bilisuma Gelassa of BRN set the Asian Games record, replacing 27:58.88 by Hasan Mohboob from 2006.
Rashed won second silver matching his medal from 4 years ago, while Mahboob, the defending champion won bronze.
They thus joined Ahmed Warsama, Kim Yong-Yun and Lucien Rosa as fourth and fifth runner to win two medals in this
event.
BRN won gold and bronze as they have done four years ago.
Because QAT won silver as four years ago, the medal distribution is exactly the same as four years ago.
The best marks for place were set for 2nd (27:33.09 replacing 27:59.15 by Essa Rashed in 2006) and 3rd (27:40.07 replacing
28:02.08 by Khamis from 2006).
MSP
Sultan Alhabashi’s winning mark, 20.57, is the new Asian Games’ record, replacing his own mark of 20.42 from 4 years ago.
The winning margin of 98cm ties the max winning margin recorded in 1982
Alhabashi won second gold medals, matching the feat accomplished by Liu Hao (1994, 1998), Bahadur Singh Chouhan
(1978, 1982), Joginder Singh (1966, 1970) and Parduaman Singh Brar (1954, 1958)
The best marks for place were set for 3rd (19.48 replacing 19.45 by Chang Ming-Huang from 2006), 4th (19.17 replacing
18.99 by Navpreet Singh from 2006), 5th (19.08 replacing 18.49 by Zhang Qi from 2006), 6th (18.98 replacing 18.26 by
Ahmed Gholoum from 2006)
W4x100m Relays
The best marks for place was set for 2nd (44.22 replacing 44.25 by THA from 2002).
M4x100m Relays
The winning time of 38.78 by CHN is the Asian Games record, replacing 38.82 by THA from 2002.
The best marks for place were set for 4th (39.10 replacing 39.36 by IND from 2002), and 5th (39.62 replacing 39.90 by
THA from 1994)
W4x400m Relays
The winning mark of 3:29.02 by IND is Asian Games record, replacing 3:29.11 by CHN from 1994
The best marks for place for 2nd (3:30.03 replacing 3:31.72 by KAZ from 2002), 3rd (3:30.89 replacing 3:32.43 by CHN
from 2002), and 4th (3:31:81 replacing 3:33.23 by JPN from 2002)
M4x400m Relays
The best marks for places were set for 2nd (3:02.43 replacing 3:02.62 by IND from 1998), and 3rd (3:03.66 replacing 3:04.37
by SRI from 2002)